Articles from the March 10, 2021 edition
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Seven Communities Unite to Make a Commitment to Care
Anyone recently making a phone call to the Sweet Medical Center has probably been greeted with a "Hello, this is One Health; how may I assist you?" No, the caller hasn't dialed the wrong number. As...
Winter winds add a new 'hazard' at local golf course: drifts of dirt
A new, unintentional hazard for local golfers has been added to the Chinook Golf Course northwest of town. A wind event north of Chinook in early February equated to a Category I Hurricane with 75...
Blaine County Beacon: Finding Joy and Value in a Crazy Life
In late December 2021, Kent Hansen, who has taught social studies and Advanced Placement courses at Central High School in Aberdeen, South Dakota, for the past sixteen years, was invited to be a...
Early Childhood Screenings
To parents of preschool children in the Harlem Public and North Harlem Colony School Districts and Fort Belknap Early Head Start who would like to have them participate in a free Early Childhood Screening, it has been set for: Date: Wednesday, March...
Journal Jots
Blaine County Library Open House and Book Singing with Donna Miller Thursday March 4th from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Mobile Hotspots and iPads available for checkout. After School Hangout for grades 7 & 8 Mondays at 3:30, Story Time Tuesdays at 10:30,...
Nominations and Applications Open for 2022 Montana Teacher of the Year
On February 12, the Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) announced that nominations and applications for 2022 Montana Teacher of the Year are now open. The 2021 Montana Teacher of the Year was Kristi Borge of Polaris, and the State is looking...
Blaine County Library
Blaine County Library is still following CDC guidelines for preventing the spread of COVID. We are currently under a mask mandate implemented by the Blaine County Commissioners after the Governor...
Hogeland Happenings
pent this past week with Emily at the hospital in Havre where she has been a patient. Get well soon, Emily! Mike, Crystal, Cassidy, Holly, Cooper, and Lucy Grabofsky were dinner guests at the Wallace Beck home on Friday. Rev Will Rima and Kirsti...
Anna Haluszka
Anna Haluszka, longtime resident of Harlem, Montana, passed away from COVID-19 while living in a care center for Alzheimer's patients in Houston, Texas, on Sunday, December 13, 2020. Funeral services... Full story
Merle Anthony "tony" Weeres
Merle Anthony "Tony" Weeres passed away at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow on February 4, 2021, following a bout with pneumonia. Tony was born in Havre, Montana, on December 9, 1953, to... Full story
Leslie Norman Haugen
Leslie Norman Haugen passed away on Sunday, February 13, 2021, in Tucson, Arizona. Les resided in Great Falls Montana for many years, before retiring in Polson Montana and Green Valley Arizona with... Full story
William (Bill) Francis Thompson
Bill passed away from natural causes on February 17, 2021. He was born October 7th, 1943 in Havre, Montana to William R. and Lydia Thompson and was the second of three children. He grew up in Chinook... Full story
Chinook Senior Center
Yahoo! We will be opening our doors to the public again on Thursday, March 11th. The coffee hour will be at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. In house lunch will be from noon to 12:30 p.m. Activities will start at 1 p.m. but we are only offering a movie on...
Havre Elks Lodge Donates Dictionaries to 3rd Graders
Havre Elk Lodge #1201 Contact: Brandy Kurtz Havre Elks Lodge #1201 recently donated to dictionaries to 3rd grade school children in Hill and Blaine Counties. Lodge Exalted Ruler Matt Kretchmer said: Havre Elks Lodge #1201 was pleased to present a...
Blaine County Beacon: Finding Challenge and Fun Simultaneously in Art
Kirsten (Wilhelm) Matkin has been drawing since she was in eighth grade. At that time, she did mostly pencil drawings but branched into working with other mediums such as ink and paint when she was...
Harlem Library
March is the month to “Buy a Bag O’ Books!” For only one dollar you may purchase a grocery sack full of used books. The Book Challenge for March is to read a nonfiction historical book or a historical fiction book. Each month we offer the chall...
Wildcats Shine, finish 3rd at Northern B Divisional
The Harlem girls and boys basketball seasons concluded this past weekend at the Northern B Divisional basketball tournaments in Cut Bank and Wolf Point. The Wildcats went 3-1 to finish the season with...
Sugarbeeters Tyler Schoen, Wyatt Dunbar 4th at State B/C
The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Harlem Wildcats each qualified three wrestlers for the Montana State B/C Wrestling Tournament in Shelby this past weekend. Representing the Sugarbeeters and finishing...
Auditions Held for March Productions
On Monday, March 1, the Montana Actors’ Theater (MAT) Youth Program held auditions at the Creative Leisure Building for roles in three, one-act youth productions. One of the young people selected is Hailey Gandenberger, the oldest daughter of Cory an...
Chinook Meadowlark STUDENT OF THE MONTH Part 1
Student of the Month: Gibson - Dax Langford Hasler-Elliot - Chase Van Voast Edwards - Kane Crowley & Hailee Niederegger Jones - Ashtyn DePreist Barber - Laurin Davies Davies - Kolt Rutledge Scofield...
Chinook Meadowlark STUDENT OF THE MONTH Part 2
Student of the Month: Gibson - Dax Langford Hasler-Elliot - Chase Van Voast Edwards - Kane Crowley & Hailee Niederegger Jones - Ashtyn DePreist Barber - Laurin Davies Davies - Kolt Rutledge Scofield...
Amid Other Seasonal Pursuits, Residents Celebrate Doris Hofeldt's 100th Birthday
Family visits are still on hold at the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home since Blaine County's positivity rate with the coronavirus still sits at 10.2%. To stay connected, the residents celebrated when...
Epistolary Poems for National Poetry Month
Just in time for National Poetry Month this April, Montana Poet Laureate Melissa Kwasny is offering a "letter poem exchange" with interested teachers and students around the state. With this...
